Presentation to Zoological Society London by Dominic Rowland of BRINCC Expedition

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Dominic Rowland
ZSL Erasmus Darwin 2014

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Source: Hansen et al (2013)
High_Resolution Global Maps of 21st
Century Forest Cover Change,
Science, Vol. 342 no. 6160 pp 850-
853, doi: 10.1126/science.1244693

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Threats to the forest

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Aims:
• Landscape scale conservation and management using biological and
social criteria to establish priorities.
• Land use types; productive land, protected areas, community forest,
traditional forest, remote and inaccessible areas.
• Connect land uses through wildlife corridors and buffer zones to
create a fluid mosaic landscape.

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People Orientated Research
•Participatory and GIS mapping of
• Community forest and traditional
forest
• Sites of cultural and spiritual
importance
• Ecosystem services
•Social science research focussing on
• Land use by local people
• Livelihoods and forest resources
• Economic value of forest resources to
communities
• The political ecology of land use by
local people and companies
Biodiversity Surveys in Community Forest

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Participatory mapping

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Resource Use and Land Use
• Focus Group Discussions (e.g.
timelines and seasonal calendars)
•Pebble Distribution Method
•Formal and informal interviews
•Questionnaires
•Types of forest and use patterns
•Species used for food, medicine,
trade, construction, fuel etc

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Livelihood Economics
• Analyse the transition between
subsistence and market based
economy
•Gain understanding of local
perspectives on impacts on
livelihoods and forest
•Understand concerns and
benefits of resource extraction to
the local communities

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